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Unlike the vast majority of animated productions, the three principal voice actors (Charles Adler, Christine Cavanaugh and David Eccles) recorded their lines together in the same studio. In a Nickelodeon interview they claimed that this greatly helped their characterizations as it allowed them to play off of each other more smoothly.See more »

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Continuity: In one episode, a clone of Ickis graffitis a wall to read "The Gromble Eatz Fresh Produce" with the last "e" written backwards. However, when Ickis later has to clean the graffiti, the wall says "The Gromble Eatz Fresh Fruit."See more »

The studio Klasky Csupo was responsible for numerous shows, like
Rugrats, and The Wild Thornberrys, over the years. However, with such a
popular back-catalogue at their disposal, it is quite obvious to
over-look certain shows that didn't have its tremendous share of
popularity- does anyone else here remember shows from them, such as
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, or Duckman?

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters was another show made from Nickelodeon's legion
of Nick Toons, which gave this channel the edge for Saturday morning
cartoons, until Cartoon Network nicked this new show format. First
transmission of this was in 1994, when we were introduced to 3
high-school monster misfits known as Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm, as they
try to make the grade by scaring fellow humans, with some disastrous
consequences.

However, with such an entertaining concept to entertain the kids, this
show ended in 1998 despite its variety of guest stars since the second
episode in its first series, like Tim Curry (who, ironically, went on
to voice the father figure in the Wild Thornberrys.) Also, the show's
resonance remains coherent with some weak referencing in the Pixar's
ever-popular film Monsters Inc- well the concept of monsters having to
scare humans sounds familiar, if you ask me! Its departure can only be
explained with the arrival of Nickelodeon's latest shows at the time:
The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, As Told by Ginger, Fairly
OddParents, and the cult-followed Spongebob Squarepants (there was also
a revamp of the Rugrats, who will eventually have a more "grown-up"
spin-off later on.)

Further bemusement into Nickelodeon's decision to axe the show includes
the fun making each episode, especially during the opening credits;
this was where its flamboyant, high-heeled wearing, headmaster figure,
the Gromble, says something different from every episode, one of his
lines, like "you make me sick". Also, after the ending credits,
memorable dialogue was muttered ounce again from that episode. This
wasn't new, as the Rugrats have been doing this gimmick throughout
their transmission, so re-inventing something from a more popular show
shows the struggle. Also, from their more popular counter-parts, this
show had a dark feeling to it, with the overall design of the show (and
some of the episodes relied on famous people to be traumatised from
these novices at work!)

Personally, I remember quite a lot of this show, especially when it
first transmitted on US television around Halloween (29 October 1994 to
be precise). So, from the beginning, I know from the start that this
was going to be a show with a creepy undertone. Also, one thing I found
enjoyable was this concept of monsters of going to school to learn how
to scare was quite inventive; it made the Tiny Toon Adventure's concept
of going to university to become a cartoon star makes that premise
childish. Alas, I need to mention Gravedale High at this point, as this
was another monster high school format, only that took the "throw in a
human in with them for some laughs" approach. Another key thing I
remember is that projector that projects an image from their eyes- I
did mention was darker than other kid's shows, at the time; didn't I?
The voice acting was memorable, with Charles Adler (whose voice can be
heard for the Bigheads in another Nick Toon, Rocko's Modern Life) and
Christine Cavanaugh (the original voice for the Rugrats' Chuckie)-
well, with them on board, it got appeal if you enjoyed the other shows
at the time on Nickelodeon.

So, what can I say, this was an enjoyable series from start to finish
of every episode, but the dark over-tone wouldn't have made this
everyone's cup of tea. Overall, this was one of those shows from Klasky
Csupo that deserves another look, if given the chance of a re-run.

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